In

his

own words

John Pozer recalls his
humble radio days

Qn his experiences canvassing
door-to-door for the Canadian
Cancer Society: **Last year | went
to one house and a iitsle boy came
to the door and he had one of
these litle aluminum shovels. He
said: ‘Mommy, there's a man at
the door.’ Then he began to swing
at my ankle and he hit me in the
most sensitive part of my ankle,
and | was ready to cali him some-
thing a little more aggressive than
‘vou little brat." “*

How did you get inte broad-
casting?: “1 was always interested
in radio. When | was eight years
old, a radio broadcast came to
our school and I would make sure
TE had written a nice litle poem or
something so 1 could get on the
radio. At age 13 1 ended up with
my own radio show. | went up to
the radio station and said that I
would like a job. The program
director said if I could get a spon-
sor, | could work there. So I got
on my bicycle and went to Coca
Cola plant, but the manager
wasn’t there. Then I went to the
7-Up plant and the manager said
he would sponsor my show.

**Later, | was hired to work at
a radio station in Montreal. CK-
JM _ had just gone on the air. |
had a business card that read:
‘John Pozer: Special Events.’ If
the news director wanted a milk
shake, that was a special event.

“*T ended up in a small town in
Ontario called Smith's Falls. | was
hired, and after two weeks the

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station owner called me into his
office and said: ‘John, you're a
big city boy sitting in small
Smith's Falls. You're a big city
boy and this is not going to work
out. Will you look for a job and
let us know when you've found
one?’ [ left the office and was
walking down the hallway and
said to myself: ‘Wait a minute.
I've just been fired.”

“Then | went to Ottawa. to the
TV station CJOH and | walked in
and said 1 would like to work
here. The lady said that it’s possi-
ble that they'll be interviewing in
the near future and I asked why.
She said Peter Jennings. who is
now with ABC, is now going to
go full time news, When I went in
for the interview, they looked at
me, and | was six feet, three in-
ches tall, slim and looked a bit
like Peter Jennings. After the in-
terview, they said | had a TV
show.”*

What do you like to do to relax
when you're not working?: °'!
love to play golf. | belong to the
Hollyburn Golf and Country
Club, but I don’t use Hollyburn
nearly as much as other people
use it. I like it if someone invites
me to their private golf courses. I
fo fishing with the Kiwanis Club,
when they have fishing derbies. |
like to work my service club, ’'m
invited to help fundraise for dif-
ferent organizations. I do some
work with the Liberal party. I like
music and | like shopping.”

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JOHN POZER is getting set to return to his first love, broadcasting. Ottawa's CJOH-TV has offered
him a chance to host his own show.

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(4 tickets each) to David Copperfield
showing April 16 and 17 at the Queen
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fill out the entry form below and have
it into our office by Monday, April 8, 12
noon. Winners’ names will be
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